How Australia got hot for solar power Down under, they're all over alternative energy - starting with a 1,600-foot-tall "solar tower" that can power a small...
A similar project in Spain was all over the news yesterday. http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy/spain-leads-grid-connected-solar- power/article-158769 First EU...
I thought you might find it interesting that the 9 acre parcel (Geneva Road) is apparently back on the market. I drove by it yesterday. It still presents...
Hey Charles, sorry I have been out of touch for the last while, I've been a bit overwhelmed - there has been a lot going on. Things are calming down now ...
Dear Folks, Anyone interested is welecome to join me, Charles, for dinner tomorrow night at the Bombay House Indian restaurant on University in Provo. I just...
UVCC Friends: No, I don't imagine the UVCC will ever be a "Utopia," but if, by that term, we mean a set of ideals worth striving for, then I think we might...
Folks: Anyone interested in sustainability, cohousing, permacuture, or ecovillage development: please participate in the new discussion site located at the...
UVCC Folks: Please go to the following link for a long (and growing) list of green architects, many of whom specialize in cohousing/ecovillage construction: ...
Hi, I just saw the listing of your potential community at www.ic.org and am interesting in helping form an IC in Provo. I graduated from Brigham Young...
Dear Olympia, Thank you for your post. The UVCC, as currently imagined, does not and never will discriminate on the basis of sexual or religious orientaiton....
Thank you, I am glad to hear that it is open to diversity, I know the great value of it. The listing of the IC I am currently in is at the following link: ...
UVCC Friends: Even though we are far, very far, from any form of implementation, it still makes sense to think through what the by- laws of our organization...
Hi Charles and Janis, I joined your group here on Yahoo. Hope that is OK. I want to help spread the word on your new group forming. Everytime I do a tour or...
Dear Vicky, So delighted to hear from you!! You are most welcome to join our discussion group. Indeed, we are honored! The Wasatch Commons is a true pioneer...
there is a man here in SLC who is selling his entire awesome, hand-made greenhouse, complete with stereo speakers, water pipes, etc. Will take offer...he wants...
Dear Mr. Smith, Thanks very much for your note. A greenhouse with stereo . . . neat! I wish I were in a positon to take it. But perhaps someone else on the...
The new house I just bought in Provo will need a new roof, and to that end, I have been investigating "cool" technologies that combine high reflectivity and...
This may be more general than you are looking for but we are a self- developed project, and here are some of our percentages for our 20 unit, 1 common house, 1...
UVCC Friends: This video features my colleague, David Graeber, in a conversation about anarchism. Cohousing structures and ecovillages are anarchist, in the...
UVCC Friends: In case you missed the news, Utah has continued (and even expanded) its tax credit system for renewable energy. Charles On February 27, 2007,...
There is a federal tax rebate, as well. See below: Home Energy Efficiency Improvement and Solar Tax Credits Consumers who purchase and install specific...
UVCC Folks: Anybody interested in lunch or dinner the week of June 10th? I will be back in Provo that week, and will, as usual, be looking forward to some ...
UVCC Folks: I'll be signing up for this, and I recommend everyone on the list consider doing likewise. Sounds like a good bet. Meanwhile, if anyone is...
Hi again everyone- I just got a call from Alissa Effland who co-ordinates the CSA at Zoe's Garden. She said that the first drop off will be on Monday the 25th...
Our friends at the Wasatch Commons -- currently Utah's only cohousing community -- are holding a social event tonight, June 22nd. A description is below....
